Thane: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Thane, laid a successful trap this past Friday and caught an assistant police sub-inspector from Mumbra police station red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000.The incident unveiled the corruption involved in the police department. ACB officials said the complainant, a 40-year-old man, approached the ACB after ASI Shashikant Laxman…
NEW DELHI: Mumbai woke up to heavy overnight showers on Sunday, with the IMD Colaba observatory recording 120.8 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8.30 am. In comparison, the Santacruz observatory recorded 83.8 mm during the same period. Waterlogging has been reported in several parts of the city, including the Andheri subway, where…
Recently, on a Malayalam reality show, Superstar Mohanlal confronted contestant Lakshmi after she questioned the presence of housemates Adhila Nasrin and Fathima Noora, a lesbian couple. Lakshmi said she would never welcome them into her home. Mohanlal shot back: “What right do you have to say who is allowed in houses? If you can’t stand…
Navi Mumbai: Upset by the illegal pruning of an almond tree on multiple occasions in the past two years to enhance the display of a hoarding, many nature lovers and activists staged a silent protest in front of the damaged tree at Vashi, Sector 1, near Ganesh Tower.“This almond tree was first cut from the…
Navi Mumbai: Despite an annual allocation of nearly Rs 50 crore by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) for road maintenance, potholes continued to plague the city’s roads every monsoon season, causing significant inconvenience to residents and taxpayers. Each year, the NMMC dedicated substantial funds towards maintaining Navi Mumbai’s road infrastructure. However, the reality on…
Mumbai: In the city’s most sought-after medical colleges, the anatomy hall has long been crowded. First-year students often find themselves craning from behind, straining to catch a glimpse of the cadaver. With too many students and too few bodies, practical lessons in whole-body dissections are more about learning by peeking than hands-on experience for most.Gaurav…
The Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus gaze benevolently at the 50 hands raised in the air. It’s not an act of praise and worship, and the refrain is no “Hallelujah.” What unfolds this Wednesday evening in the community hall of St. Anne’s Church, Mazgaon, is a dance routine choreographed to Boney M’s Hands Up, Baby…
Mumbai: Twenty days after his father passed away—one of the 27 people on an average who die from heart attacks in Mumbai every day—Palghar-based mandap decorator Hitesh Tambore returned to the hospital ICU where his father spent his last five days, in search of answers.He believed his father, Mahipal Tambore, was disciplined; he walked three…
Mumbai: Cyber police have arrested two men, who are cousins, in a cheating case, in which a 74-year-old Mulund resident was duped of nearly Rs 3.4 crore through a fake online investment scheme. The duo reportedly admitted to opening multiple bank accounts on the instructions of another cousin, the mastermind, Vishnu Mali, to whom they…
Navi Mumbai: One worker was killed and two other workers were injured after a huge cement concrete arch being constructed at the entrance gate of an under-construction school in Ulwe collapsed, and the rubble fell on them on Friday morning. Ulwe police have registered an FIR against the concerned contractor and a labour supply contractor…
